Sometimes I try to pick post titles that reflect the essence of the day. Today's essence was the weather. It was hot, but the heat was tempered by the fact that it was overcast and occasionally rainy. It actually made the day entirely comfortable -- an easy rain does that, I think. When it did rain, the drops were sparse but big and cool. When I was out in BC recently I heard someone describe this sort of spitting rain as a "dry rain" because you don't really get wet.
Today was another full day. We:
- Planted all of the hot and sweet peppers (three beds), and the melons. (That took most of the morning.)
- Put floating row cover down on all of these beds. A rather annoy job due to the black plastic already buried there.
- Hand weeded and hoed the rest of the lettuce mix bed, spinach, and dill.
Here'r some photos of the farm recently:
Laying out the row cover.
Before planting the melons...
Me, cuddling one of the cows.
Amanda and Ali harvesting
Lovage
3 comments:
Nice pics. But Jon, what are your thoughts on a good lens-cleaning? I suppose that could take away from the effect... knowing you, that's probably an intentional beeswax smudge... in fact... this gives me an idea..
My thoughts on lens cleaning are this: don't bother. No one really cares anyhow (at least no one that's anyone). Oh wait...
Just kidding. Unfortunately keeping a camera in the field is a rather hazardous endeavour (for the camera). These shots were taken with Leslie's camera. It recently got so full of grit it wouldn't open the shutter.
What are your thoughts on dirt-proofing a camera?
hey jon, looks like the farming is treating you well. Nice farming blog btw...
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